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When renting housing, legal issues are regulated by the Civil Code and the Law on the Protection of Tenants' Rights. The main provision of the lease agreement is that the owner of the property transfers the right to use the residential premises to the tenant for a certain or indefinite period, while the second party undertakes to pay the rent in a timely manner.
The state in which the apartment is at the time of its transfer to the tenant must be described in the transfer protocol. Here is a description of the technical condition of the premises that you rented in Temporary apartment -cdaem.ru, presence and readings of counters. These data will allow you to make an adequate calculation after the end of the lease agreement.
Mandatory clauses in the lease agreement
• Data from both parties. For individuals, the passport data of both parties is recorded, for a legal entity, complete information about the company is required.
• Description of the property for rent. The full address of the apartment, technical condition, description of the equipment and property is entered here. Information about the ownership of the lessor's property must also be entered here.
• Obligations of the owner. These points are prescribed in Article 6. The Law on the Protection of Tenants, which states that the lessor is obliged to maintain the technical condition of the premises at the level at which the lessee can freely use the equipment and communications. In case of additional obligations, they must be included in the contract.
• Responsibilities of the lessee. The tenant undertakes to maintain the rented premises in order. Additions must also be written in the contract.
• Payment. The cost of rent must be specified in the contract. If there are additional payments for utilities, etc., they should also be included in the contract. The contract also includes a term during which the lessee must make a payment and a form of settlement with the lessor.
• Deposit payment. The deposit is paid at the time of signing the contract. Its size is negotiated by both parties, but it cannot be more than 12 times the rent for the apartment at the time of signing the agreement. A deposit is necessary to protect the tenant's funds in case of non-payment of rent, damage to property or non-payment of utilities. The tenant is obliged to return the security deposit within a month after the end of the lease agreement, minus the arrears for the payment of the apartment, utility bills and property damaged by the tenant.
• Period of validity of the contract. The term is determined by both parties, it can be fixed or indefinite. The parties sign the start and end date of the lease agreement.
• Notification of termination of the agreement. In the case of a lease for an indefinite period, the lessor and the lessee are obliged to notify the termination of the agreement within a certain period of time. This will allow both parties to have time to search for a potential tenant for the landlord and the tenant's apartment in the event that the lease needs to be terminated.
